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    Therefore, replicating human cognitive function at the sc... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The China-body system could undergo qualia, however strange this seems

    Therefore, replicating human cognitive function at the scale of China-body does not entail replicating qualia, only their functional analogs.

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    • 1.Functional isomorphism to human cognition requires only input-output equivalence and internal state transitions, not phenomenal consciousness.
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    • 2.Qualia depend on specific biological substrate properties (neural chemistry, embodiment) absent in a scaled system, regardless of functional matching.
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    • 3.A system can demonstrate all behavioral and cognitive markers of color perception while lacking the subjective experience of redness itself.
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    • 1.If qualia emerge from functional organization of information processing, then functional replication entails qualia replication by necessity.
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    • 2.The distinction between 'functional analogs' and 'actual qualia' lacks coherent criteria—indistinguishable systems cannot meaningfully differ.
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    • 3.Scaling from brain to China-body preserves the relevant functional properties; appeals to substrate specificity beg the question against functionalism.
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